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Using Boops boops (osteichthyes) to assess microplastic ingestion in the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin2020
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Tommaso Valente,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Tommaso Valente,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Marco Matiddi,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Tommaso Valente,
Luca Palazzo
Tommaso Valente,
Luca Palazzo
Morgana Vighi,
Álex Aguilar,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Tommaso Valente,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Tommaso Valente,
Marco Matiddi,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Alice Sbrana,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Claude Miaud,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Asunción Borrell,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Tommaso Valente,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Tommaso Valente,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Tommaso Valente,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Tommaso Valente,
Luca Palazzo
Juan Antonio Raga,
Luca Palazzo
Morgana Vighi,
Morgana Vighi,
Tommaso Valente,
Juan Antonio Raga,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Alice Sbrana,
Helen Kaberi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Helen Kaberi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Tommaso Valente,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Asunción Borrell,
Álex Aguilar,
Juan Antonio Raga,
Juan Antonio Raga,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Álex Aguilar,
Helen Kaberi,
Marco Matiddi,
Álex Aguilar,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Tommaso Valente,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Asunción Borrell,
Asunción Borrell,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Asunción Borrell,
Alice Sbrana,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Helen Kaberi,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Helen Kaberi,
Álex Aguilar,
Álex Aguilar,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Helen Kaberi,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Helen Kaberi,
Marco Matiddi,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Luca Palazzo
Luca Palazzo
Asunción Borrell,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Asunción Borrell,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Alice Sbrana,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Luca Palazzo
Alice Sbrana,
Delphine Gambaiani,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Helen Kaberi,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Asunción Borrell,
Tommaso Valente,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Tommaso Valente,
Alice Sbrana,
Asunción Borrell,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Delphine Gambaiani,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Morgana Vighi,
Alice Sbrana,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Claude Miaud,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Odei Garcia‐Garin,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Helen Kaberi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Asunción Borrell,
Marco Matiddi,
Helen Kaberi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Alice Sbrana,
Jessica Martin,
Νικολέττα Δίγκα,
Elena Mauriño,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Elena Mauriño,
Helen Kaberi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Claude Miaud,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Luca Palazzo
Cecilia Silvestri,
Tommaso Valente,
Ana Pérez‐del‐Olmo,
Marco Matiddi,
Tommaso Valente,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Juan Antonio Raga,
Marco Matiddi,
Alice Sbrana,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Ester Skylaki,
Morgana Vighi,
Paprapach Wongdontree,
Delphine Gambaiani,
Delphine Gambaiani,
Marco Matiddi,
Catherine Tsangaris,
Claude Miaud,
Luca Palazzo
Summary
Researchers assessed microplastic ingestion in 884 Boops boops fish caught at 20 coastal sites across Spain, France, Italy, and Greece, finding microplastics in 46.8% of individuals with an average of 1.17 items per fish, predominantly filaments composed of polyethylene and polypropylene.
This study assesses microplastic ingestion in Boops boops at different geographical areas in the Mediterranean Sea. A total of 884 fish were caught at 20 coastal sites in Spain, France, Italy and Greece and analyzed using a common methodological protocol. Microplastics were found in 46.8% of the sampled fish, with an average number of items per individual of 1.17 ± 0.07. Filaments were the predominant shape type, while polyethylene and polypropylene were indicated by FTIR as the most common polymer types of ingested microplastics. The frequency of occurrence, as well as the abundance and proportion of types (size, shape, color and polymer) of ingested microplastics, varied among geographical areas. The spatial heterogeneity of the abundance of ingested microplastics was mainly related to the degree of coastal anthropogenic pressure at the sampling sites. Our findings further support the suitability of B. boops as bioindicator of microplastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.